Leveling Old Porch Roof

Hand digging out a 100 year old basement duration.

Leveling old porch roof.

Straighten out your old house s sagging roof and get rid of those cracks in the wall with these easy to follow steps. 1866 old house porch lift up wesley arey. A porch roof can take many forms from a tiny gable at the entry to a full width construction that wraps around the house on two or more sides. This is the 3 rd time we ve jacked up a portion of this house.

The corner was only being supported by one column. You may remember my postings last year on. We are using jet 5 ton screw jacks under the foyer and homemade lifting posts for the porch r. This time i was jacking the porch roof up so i could install my final and last portion of half round gutter.

First i cleared out a level area under the porch next to the sinking support column. Another simple form is the extension roof where the porch roof is merely an extension of the roof of the. Some homeowners when confronted with staggering bills for floor repairs come to terms with their floors. Step 1 the first step is to the basement first.

Old houses often have floors that are less than perfect. For less than 20 and a couple hours time i was able to level the sinking side of the porch. Here we are leveling the foyer and porch roof which had sagged. The most recognizable type is probably the shed roof where the roof slopes away from the house.

I used a 12 x 12 x 1 5 concrete paver to create a stable base to build parallel column. Place one precast concrete deck footing directly under the point where the porch was the lowest. Using 8 x 8 x. Poppa s cottage recommended for you.

Check the ceiling for sagging by attaching a string on one end of the beam and run it along the bottom edge of the beam. Unsubscribe from wesley arey. Measure from the bottom of the horizontal support beam to the inside bottom of the 4 by 4 receiving. Minor workarounds are possible such as leveling individual elements within the floor tables armoires cabinets etc.